John Shahidi

John Shahidi
Nationality Iranian-American
Occupation Entrepreneur, software engineer
Known for Co-founder and CEO of The Shots App and Executive Producer of the Awkward Puppets.
Website shots.com/johnny

John Shahidi is a kurdish Iranian-American entrepreneur and software engineer.[1] He is CEO of the Shots app, a comedy app. Shahidi created the iPhone and Android app together with his brother, Sam Shahidi and singer Justin Bieber.[1]

Shahidi is known as the "King of Twitter" and "King of Social Media" because of his social media influence.[2]

Shots App

Shahidi worked as a brand and marketing manager for Floyd Mayweather.[3] While working with Mayweather, Shahidi started RockLive, an iPhone gaming company. Mayweather became the first investor in RockLive.[3] The company released iPhone games with Chad Johnson, Mike Tyson, Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt.[4]

In 2013, RockLive rebranded to Shots Mobile, Inc. as the company developed the Shots app, a comedy and selfie photo sharing application together with Justin Bieber.[5] The application is aimed to provide a safe, cyber-bully free environment for users.[6][7] Shahidi's anti-bullying approach was inspired by his personal experience as a victim of bullying.[6]

Awkward Puppets

In October 2015, Shahidi along with brother Sam and comedian, Rudy Mancuso launched an original series called The Awkward Puppets. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Constine, John (12 November 2013). "Justin Bieber-Backed "Shots Of Me" Launches Selfie Sharing App". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ↑ http://recode.net/2014/11/06/john-shahidi-is-the-king-of-twitter-and-thats-good-for-business/
  3. 1 2 Roberts, Daniel (17 June 2014). "Money Mayweather's $1 million tech punch". Fortune. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Carney, Michael (17 July 2012). "RockLive and Olympian Usain Bolt Release Addictive Mobile Game With the Help of Celebrity Friends". Pando Daily. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Dalenberg, Alex (11 April 2014). "Friends in high places (including Justin Bieber), this founder keeps it low key". Upstart Business Journal. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 Wagner, Kurt (12 April 2014). "A-List Investors, 1 Million Downloads: Is Selfie App 'Shots' For Real?". Mashable. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Speight, Janek (20 August 2014). "There's a Social Network for Selfies, and Bieber is an Investor". Techly. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  8. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/awkward-puppets/
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